You had restrictive amiendments. you had amendments which li)eralized. and you had constructive amendments. When once you had opened the door to the admission of amendments. all the parties who offered these different kinds of amendments would be entitled to be heard. As was said by the senior Senator from Massachusetts a moment ago. the country ought to know and tihe world ought to know what the immigration law is going to be for the next year. because in an immigration law it is necessary that the law should not go into effect until a considerable time after its passage. One of the difficulties with respect to tie administration of the present law was that there was not sufficient time to give notice to the peoples who wanted to come to this country. and therefore during the month of June there was great confusion. Since the next session of Congress is the short session. the committee also deemed it wise to make the extension for two years instead of one.
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